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Here’s hoping that there are videos of Francis Ford...

bernard — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 14:02:34 -0800

Here’s hoping that there are videos of Francis Ford Coppola in Hearts of Darkness, getting the same treatment.

Transcript UNIVERSAL-INTERNATIONAL PICTURES UNIVERSAL CITY,...

bernard — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:11:19 -0800

Transcript UNIVERSAL-INTERNATIONAL PICTURES UNIVERSAL CITY, CALIFORNIA

February 9, 1960

Dear Mr. Bergman,

You have most certainly received enough acclaim and success throughout the world to make this note quite unnecessary. But for whatever it’s worth, I should like to add my praise and gratitude as a fellow director for the unearthly and brilliant contribution you have made to the world by your films (I have never been in Sweden and have therefore never had the pleasure of seeing your theater work). Your vision of life has moved me deeply, much more deeply than I have ever been moved by any films. I believe you are the greatest film-maker at work today. Beyond that, allow me to say you are unsurpassed by anyone in the creation of mood and atmosphere, the subtlety of performance, the avoidance of the obvious, the truthfullness and completeness of characterization. To this one must also add everything else that goes into the making of a film. I believe you are blessed with wonderfull actors. Max von Sydow and Ingrid Thulin live vividly in my memory, and there are many others in your acting company whose names escape me. I wish you and all of them the very best of luck, and I shall look forward with eagerness to each of your films.

Best Regards,

(Signed, ‘Stanley Kubrick’)

Stanley Kubrick

(via Letters of Note)

Video

bernard — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:06:21 -0800

Primer

bernard — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 10:33:30 -0800

When El Mariachi was originally released no one believed that someone could make a film for $7,000...

via claytoncubitt: This song was on the soundtrack to...

bernard — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 10:13:00 -0800

via claytoncubitt:

This song was on the soundtrack to Pleasantville, an adorable but somewhat forgettable movie. The highlight of the film being the near saccharine sweet idea of a black and white world being introduced the variety and multitudes of choice/color.

Paul Thomas Anderson’s music video pulls off a few feats worth noting. A constantly flowing camera that flows between the contexts of the film and the pop charm of Fiona Apple. You get the joy of seeing Apple in the way that PTA probably saw her; coy, alluring, whimsical and wholly indifferent to a male world of violence tearing itself apart.

It’s also worth noting that this is yet another collaboration between PTA and his long-time Director of Photography Robert Elswitt, who would go on to shoot Punch-Drunk Love and Magnolia.

(via Gavin Rothery - Directing - Concept - VFX - Gavin Rothery...

bernard — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 09:15:48 -0800

(via Gavin Rothery - Directing - Concept - VFX - Gavin Rothery Blog - Nice to meet you Mrs Deckard)

Here’s an image that didn’t get into any of the cuts of Blade Runner which features imagery of Mr & Mrs Deckard hanging out on the porch of their house. Wierd eh? It’s about as un Blade-Runnery as you could get.

(via Gavi Rothery’s excellent blog)

bernard — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 09:10:10 -0800

(via Gavi Rothery’s excellent blog)

Taxi Driver Sweded by Michel Gondry [Official version] (by...

bernard — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 09:11:10 -0800

Taxi Driver Sweded by Michel Gondry [Official version] (by partizangondry)

I watched this whole thing just so I could see how Gondry ‘sweded’ the shoot-out. In particular, I wanted to see if the overhead shot was replicated. It was, and oh, how glorious it was.

Crayola-carthatic!

The Spielberg Face (by Fandorific) Lots of great Speilberg...

bernard — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 09:35:00 -0800

The Spielberg Face (by Fandorific)

Lots of great Speilberg stuff lately. Add this to the pile of phenomenal work.

New York: The Royal Tenenbaums house (by theavclub)

bernard — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 19:46:06 -0800

New York: The Royal Tenenbaums house (by theavclub)

SoundWorks Collection: Gary Hecker - Veteran Foley Artist (by...

bernard — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 19:18:06 -0800

SoundWorks Collection: Gary Hecker - Veteran Foley Artist (by Michael Coleman)

Some of the greatest times I’ve had in a theatre occurred at The Silent Movie Theatre, now...

bernard — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 10:42:14 -0800

Some of the greatest times I’ve had in a theatre occurred at The Silent Movie Theatre, now...

Watch Young Woody Allen Realizes He’s Mortal on PBS. See more from AMERICAN MASTERS. From...

bernard — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 07:53:31 -0800

Watch Young Woody Allen Realizes He’s Mortal on PBS. See more from AMERICAN MASTERS. From...

Stanley Kubrick’s New York and Stanley Kubrick’s Chicago prints are for sale. Might...

bernard — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 18:15:06 -0800

Stanley Kubrick’s New York and Stanley Kubrick’s Chicago prints are for sale. Might...

Address Is Approximate (by The Theory)

bernard — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 16:30:28 -0800

Address Is Approximate (by The Theory)

"I always wanted to give a lecture at filmschools. You go in and you see all these fresh faces, and..."

bernard — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 09:26:00 -0800

“I always wanted to give a lecture at filmschools. You go in and you see all these fresh...

(via SoundWorks Collection | Exclusive Video Profiles of the...

bernard — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:03:00 -0800

(via SoundWorks Collection | Exclusive Video Profiles of the Sound World » Blog Archive » The Sound and Music of “The Social Network”)

(via SoundWorks Collection | Exclusive Video Profiles of the...

bernard — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:00:46 -0800

(via SoundWorks Collection | Exclusive Video Profiles of the Sound World » Blog Archive » The Sound of “The Social Network”)

@jamieswb Raiding the Lost Ark: A Filmumentary - Part 1 (by...

bernard — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 10:32:31 -0800

@jamieswb Raiding the Lost Ark: A Filmumentary - Part 1 (by jambe davdar)

Stunning work. I’d love for nerds to be making more of these. It’s just perfection.

Giorgio Moroder ♫ Chase (theme from Midnight Express) (by...

bernard — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 22:56:10 -0800

Giorgio Moroder ♫ Chase (theme from Midnight Express) (by JayWesLeyroz)

Giorgio Moroder.

Your honor, if it please the court I would also like to submit this as Exhibit A, and the following as Exhibit B.

That is all.

The defense rests.